General Notes

Research notes:
Bassett - This family was of the Isle of Wight, William, of Newport, had one son, William Bassett, of Southampton, England, captain in the British army at Dunkirk, who came to America and setttled in New Kent Co., VA, 1671. He married Bridget Cary. Their son, William, of Eltham, born 1670, in his will styles himself "Gent" of the parish of Blissland, New Kent Co. etc, etc.

American's of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors, p. 287: Old New Kent County Some Account of The Planters, Plantations, and Places in New Kent County., Vol. I, p. 139

"OLD KENT COUNTY" VOL. 1,  By:  Harris:
The Bassetts of Eltham, Blisland Parish, New Kent County from Southampton England. p.42-43: William son of William lived on Pamunkey River Feb. 1664. he was an officer in Rutherford's Regiment at the Battle of Dunkirk. He was given the task of securing the defenses for the colony for which he received 10,000 pounds of tobacco. In his will is mentioned his sister Mary Scott.

William BASSETT was born abt. 1630 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. He d. 1671, Blisland Parish, New Kent Co., VA. He is described as a captain in the British army and a royalist who came to VA. He m. 1672 Bridget CARY, b. 1652, Warwick Co., VA. His father was William BASSETT of Newport, Isle of Wight, England. His mother was Anne ??

William Bassett the Councillor, son of the Yeoman William Bassett and wife Anne of Newport, Isle of Wight, Southampton Co., England, IMMIGRATED about 1665 and married 1670c in Virginia Bridget CARY born 1652, daughter of Captain Miles CARY and Anne TAYLOR. (Lyon G. Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia, p. 181) They lived in Eltham, New Kent County, VA, where their only child William Bassett, Jr. (the minor, later known as William Bassett, Esq.) was born in 1671. Shortly thereafter, William the Immigrant died 1671/72. Family Bible records at the Virginia State Library record the marriage of William Bassett, Jr. (the minor, later known as Esq.) 28 November 1693 to Joanna Burwell, daughter of Lewis Burwell and Abagail Smith, niece of Nathaniel Bacon, the elder, who immigrated to the Colony of Virginia in 1651, and later became president of the Council.

Col. John Scott and Mary Bassett, were the great greatgrandparents of William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States.

William BASSETT s/o William lived on the Pamunkey River 2/1664. He was an officer in Rutherford’s Regiment at the Battle of Dunkirk. He had the task of securing the defenses for the colony and for this he received 10,000 pounds of tobacco. In his will is mentioned…to my sister Mary SCOTT.